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六卽

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Basic Meaning: six kinds of identity

Senses:

  • The six stages of bodhisattva development (but which are 'identical' in their expression of the underlying principle) as defined in Tiantaiʼs category of 'perfect teaching'  圓教, in contrast with the previous, or ordinary six developments of 十信, 十住, 十行, etc. as found in the 'distinct teaching'  別教. The six are:
    1. 理卽 realization that all beings are of Buddha-nature;
    2. 名字卽 the apprehension of terms, that those who only hear and believe in the Buddha Dharma are potentially Buddha;
    3. 觀行卽 advance beyond terminology to meditation, or study and accordant action; it is known as 五品觀行 or 五品弟子位;
    4. 相似卽 semblance stage, or approximation to perfection in purity, the 六根淸淨位, i.e., the 十信位;
    5. 分證卽 discrimination of truth and its progressive experiential proof, i.e., the 十住, 十行, 十廻向, 十地, and 等覺位 of the 別教 known also as the 聖因 cause or root of holiness.
    6. 究竟卽 perfect enlightenment, i.e., the 妙覺位 or 聖果 fruition of holiness.
    (1) and (2) are known as 外凡 external for, or common to, all. (1) is theoretical; (2) is the first step in practical advance, followed by (3) and (4) styled 內凡 internal for all, and (3), (4), (5), and (6) are known as the 八位 the eight grades. 〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.5b14〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill]
  • des six identités: (1) l'identité de principe; (2) l'identité de dénomination; (3) l'identité de contemplation; (4) l'identité d'analogie, 5) l'identité de réalité fractionnelle, 6) l'identité absolue. [Paul Swanson]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1139

    Bulgyo sajeon 689a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 847

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 240b/266

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1456c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1275

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)5068a,1216c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1835-2

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 133

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    Entry created: 2001-12-21

    Updated: 2009-04-01